"Virgil van Dijk's header was disallowed by the referee Chris Kavanagh, and not overturned by the video assistant Michael Oliver, after Andy Robertson was adjudged to have had an impact on the City goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma while standing in an offside position."
"The offside law allows for referees to penalise a player, even if they do not touch the ball, if they are adjudged to be interfering with an opponent by making an obvious action which clearly impacts on the ability of an opponent to play the ball."
"Webb, in unpacking the officials' thinking process, admitted that only Donnarumma truly knows if he was impacted by this, but said there was enough contributory evidence to lead Kavanagh to take the action he did, with Robertson's ducking out of the way of the ball a key action."
Officials denied Liverpool an equaliser after a Virgil van Dijk header was ruled out for offside due to Andy Robertson being judged to impact goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma. The on-field decision was not overturned by the video assistant despite widespread criticism and a formal challenge submitted afterwards. The offside law permits penalising a player who interferes with an opponent’s ability to play the ball even without touching it. Contributory factors cited include Robertson ducking out of the ball’s path and potential goalkeeper hesitation. The incident generated debate over VAR intervention and interpretation of ‘interfering with an opponent.’
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